Tom Hooper Edges Out David Fincher At The DGA's Last Night

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Tom Hooper won Best Director at last nights Directors Guild Award honors for The King's Speech. He beat out David Fincher who was heavily favored after winning the Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award for The Social Network.

This win moves Hooper even closer to Oscar gold because the winner of the DGA has won the Oscar in all but 6 years of the history of the ceremony. This is because many voters for the Guild are area also the same voters for the Academy Awards.

Martin Scorsese won for Drama Series, Television as director of the pilot episode of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. This marks Scorsese's second win, he won in 2006 for The Departed.

Last night's ceremony marked 75 years of the Director’s Guild of America. Ceremonies were hosted by Carl Reiner.

Here are the full list of winners:

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM

Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Co.)

MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES

Mick Jackson, Temple Grandin (HBO)

DRAMA SERIES

Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

COMEDY SERIES

Michael Spiller, Modern Family (ABC)

DOCUMENTARY

Charles Ferguson, Inside job (Representational Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics)